👾 Econ 06 | How Software Ate the World

🧑‍🚀 AI Companions: The New Frontier of Love and Connection

AI companions redefining relationships, Nova’s generative breakthroughs, ElevenLabs’ conversational AI, online shopping AI agents, and Runway’s creative video tools.

🧑‍🚀 Biden Escalates AI Chip War with Sweeping Restrictions on China

Biden's chip restrictions on China, AI-driven crop breeding, 3D world creation, Intel's leadership shakeup, AI-powered browsing, and Amazon's eco-friendly data centers.

🧑‍🚀 The Illusion of Openness: Why Many AI Systems Aren't Truly Open

ChatGPT's citation issues spark concern, Meta invests in undersea cables, Australia bans social media for teens, Honda's robot supports young cancer patients, and AI masks boost privacy.

👾 The Concept of the Singularity | Part 2

🧑‍🚀 Tactile AI: Quantum Tech Gives Machines the Power to 'Feel' Surfaces

Tactile quantum tech and military applications to smarter reasoning, video processing, and neuroscience predictions. More developments include Alibaba’s Marco-o1, Amazon’s Olympus, and Linkup’s API for content licensing.

👾 Econ 05 | The Services Hare and the Goods Tortoise?

🧑‍🚀 Are AI Benchmarks Broken? Why It Matters and What’s Next

Flawed AI benchmarks steering progress, Elon Musk's xAI racing OpenAI with ambitious plans, AI-powered balloons aid insurers in disaster response, Microsoft tackles data privacy concerns, and ElevenLabs redefines podcasts with AI voices.

🧑‍🚀 Meet the 20-Year-Old Prodigy Revolutionizing AI Ethics

Intel's Ria Cheruvu champions ethical AI, Marc Benioff envisions AI agents transforming work, OpenAI's Sora leak sparks artist debates, Apple faces AI hurdles in China, the TRAIN Act boosts copyright transparency, and Perplexity explores affordable voice AI hardware.

👾 The Concept of the Singularity

🧑‍🚀 AI Pioneer Yoshua Bengio Warns Elites May Use AI to Replace Humanity

Yoshua Bengio warns of elite misuse of AI, Stanford links genetic mosaicism to psychiatric disorders, NVIDIA redefines sound creation, Anthropic connects AI to data, the UK combats cyber threats with AI, and Dimon envisions AI-driven shorter workweeks and longer lives.

👾 Econ 04 | AI in Production: Goods vs Services